ART 508.  Portrait and Figure Drawing.  Mychajlyshyn, K.  Tuesday, 4:50-7:20pm (Creative Process)
A “must-have” class for professionally trained artists, this course is designed to introduce students to the human form.  Students will undertake comprehensive study of human proportions and anatomy. Assignments include several sustained studies of portraits and figures in various dry media, study of the skeletal and muscular systems, studies of hands and feet, self-portraits, and quick sketches.  This course is open to all MLA students, including those who have taken ART 501 Drawing.

ART 505 20th Century Art.  Grey, E.  Monday, 4:50-7:20pm (Contemporary Society)
A focus on art as an expression of the modern spirit.  Topics covered will include Expressionism, Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art.

BIO 566 Field Botany: Plants of Maryland. McMillan, B. 8/24-10/16, Saturday, 9am-2:15pm (Contemporary Society)
Participants in this course will learn to identify local plants, their relationships to each other, and the features of their environment. The course will take place mostly outdoors during field trips to local natural areas. No prior knowledge of biology is necessary for this course.

ENG 512 Poetry.  Mangan, K.  Wednesday, 4:50-7:20pm (Creative Process)
This is a poetry writing course which focuses on the style and essence of modern and contemporary poetry. Students will read selected poems and create poems that are critiqued in the class.

HUM 509 Ancient World: Intellectual and Cultural Heritage Before 1500.
Holtzman, M. Thursday, 4:50-7:20pm (Cultural Heritage)
A study of some of the most influential books, people, and ideas of the ancient world (prior to 1500).

MLA 501 MLA Final Project. Staff. (Cultural Heritage, Contemporary Society, or Creative Process).  Coordinator permission required prior to registration.

PSI 566 Special Topics: Law, Morality, and the Cinema.  Rasinsky, M. Tuesday, 4:50-7:20pm (Contemporary Society)
The law has long been a major focus of both the movies and television.  This course looks at the law and its relationship to morality through the lens of the cinema.  Students will be required to view classics such as To Kill a Mockingbird and lesser-known productions such as Straw Dogs to explore important concepts such as the positive law/natural law debate.  Lectures and class discussion will be supplemented by assigned readings.  The ultimate goal of the course will be to analyze and understand the “how” and “why” of the law.

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See Fall 2009 Graduate Schedule for more information.